>>Remember that all the key
>>individuals of the IB team walked out in 2000 ...
>
>
> Not quite. Charlie Caro stayed, and he's been with InterBase since
> 1985. Three other developers also stayed, though one left subsequently.

The "comeback" of Steve Shaughnessy is a sign that "DevCo" is still
interested in database business, at least the xDataStore products.

I don't know if Steve is/was involved in IB.


Regards,
Thomas